Kurt Tippett and Buddy Franklin bring in the ratings for Seven. Image - The Australian

Friday Night Football – Sydney v Hawthorn on Channel 7 and 7mate delivered a 2014 record Friday night peak combined audience of 1,531,000 viewers, and a 2014 Friday night record five city metro match average of 854,000 viewers.

Saturday Night Footy – Melbourne v Western Bulldogs, generated a peak combined audience of 906,000 as the Bulldogs prevailed, with a five city metro average of 494,000.

Saturday Arvo Football – Port Adelaide v Fremantle had an average audience of 102,000 in Adelaide and 95,000 in Perth on Channel 7, while Brisbane v Essendon (Bris only)hit a peak audience in Brisbane of 75,000 viewers on 7mate.

Sunday Football – West Coast v GWS (Perth & Syd) had an average audience of 104,000 in Perth and peaked at 162,000.

Friday Night Football delivered a huge FTA Melbourne three-station primary commercial share of 66.7 per cent resulting in an enormous winning share for the night in Melbourne of 42.8 per cent for the Seven Network. Saturday Night Footy also performed strongly with a 51.8 per cent program three-station primary commercial share, helping Melbourne to an overall winning share for the night of 30.8 per cent.

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